Rumor has it that a little shop in Boston called Mei Mei’s serves this delicious breakfast sandwich made of two poached/fried eggs on a scallion pancake with pesto sauce and cheese. It’s called the “Double Awesome.”
Making it called for learning how to make pesto and scallion pancakes, which wasn’t so bad.
Mei Mei’s Double Awesome
- Prepare a scallion pancake. Make 2 onsen tamago (or poached eggs). Make pesto.
- Fry one side of the scallion pancake. Flip.
- Sprinkle half with 1/4 cup shredded cheddar cheese to let melt.
- Lightly fry the eggs cracked directly into a pan.
- When pancake and eggs are both fried, place eggs over cheese. Spread pesto over other half. Fold pancake into sandwich. Cut into half.
Scallion Pancakes
Update 9/10: With lots help from friends, we updated the scallion pancake recipe with some footnoting about the technique. It’s one of those things where you have to go by feel a bit. Might split the pancake into a different recipe page soon.
Update 2/2/18: With help from my mom, we updated it another time. Please see scallion pancake page.
Pesto
- Process the leaves of a 2.5 oz TJ’s bunch basil, 1/4 cup pine nuts toasted, 1/2 head garlic.
- While processing, drizzle in 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil.
- Add ~1/2 cup grated parmesan. Salt and pepper to taste.
Onsen Tamago
For reference, 1000 ml boiling water, 200 ml cold water, 4 cold large eggs, 17 minutes covered with heat off. Cool in ice bath.